Michigan State Police searched James Beckman Jr.'s Mattawan house in October 2012 as part of an investigation of allegations that Beckman sexually abused two young boys. Beckman was indicted in August 2013 on felony child pornography and child exploitation charges.Rex Hall Jr. | MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette

Editor's note: A previous version of this story contained incorrect information about which counts James Beckman was acquitted of by the jury.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A federal court jury found a Mattawan man not guilty Tuesday of nine counts of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of attempted sexual exploitation of a child.

However, James Alfred Beckman, 39, was found guilty of the remainder of charges he faced in the case, including two counts each of distribution of child pornography and receipt of child pornography, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids.

Beckman was accused of sexually abusing two boys and obtaining hundreds of images of child pornography.

His trial before U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff got underway Feb. 25 and jurors heard from more than 30 witnesses before beginning deliberations Monday.

Beckman, who was formerly associate director of drug safety for MPI Research, was charged with nine counts of sexual exploitation of a child and attempted sexual exploitation of a child, two counts each of attempted sexual exploitation of a child, distribution of child pornography and receipt of child pornography, and one count of attempted coercion and enticement of a child.

On the nine counts in which Beckman was charged with sexual exploitation of a child and attempted sexual exploitation of a child, jurors found Beckman not guilty of the sexual exploitation charges but guilty of the attempted sexual exploitation charges, according to a jury verdict form filed in federal court.

Beckman is scheduled to be back in court June 19 for sentencing by Neff.

Rex Hall Jr. is a public safety reporter for the Kalamazoo Gazette. You can reach him at rhall2@mlive.com. Follow him on Twitter.